{"id":426119,"date":"2022-04-04T01:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T22:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ukrainian-nyc-bar-owner-pours-heart-into-relief-effort\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T01:32:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T22:32:27","slug":"ukrainian-nyc-bar-owner-pours-heart-into-relief-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-nyc-bar-owner-pours-heart-into-relief-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ukrainian NYC bar owner pours heart into relief effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a502bb40aaee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a502bb40aaee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-nyc-bar-owner-pours-heart-into-relief-effort\/#%E2%80%9CUkrainian_NYC_bar_owner_pours_heart_into_relief_effort%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ukrainian NYC bar owner pours heart into relief effort&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUkrainian_NYC_bar_owner_pours_heart_into_relief_effort%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ukrainian NYC bar owner pours heart into relief effort&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Ukrainian native who owns a Queens bar with his Russian wife held a fundraiser for his homeland Sunday \u2014 while ex-Gov. Pataki made another <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to the war-torn region to help refugees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fund-raiser at The Church in the Gardens in Forest Hills included traditional Ukrainian dancers, poetry readings, food and beverages and raised at least $10,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were shocked with the response we got, just how many people are here,\u201d said organizer and Keuka Kafe owner Ollie Sakhno.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteer dancers at the event dressed in traditional Ukrainian garb and performed the Pryvit, a dance that gets it name from the Ukrainian word for \u201cwelcome\u201d and is often done at the beginning of weddings and festivals. <\/p>\n<p>Dancer Olena Shevelenko,\u00a025, who performed at the benefit, is a tutor in New York City,  but her parents are back in Ukraine\u2019s hard-hit city of Kherson.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad is \u2026 a military guy. Even my mom was going to take a weapon to protect our country,\u201d Shevelenko told The Post through tears, adding that she checks in on her parents every day.<\/p>\n<p>The money raised will go to Razom, a nonprofit that takes its name from the word \u201ctogether\u201d in Ukrainian, Sakhno said. The group said it will put the cash toward helping hospitals and providing medical supplies in the besieged Eastern European country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The event at the Church in the Gardens in Forest Hills featured traditional Ukrainian dancers.\" class=\"wp-image-21764927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The event at the Church in the Gardens in Forest Hills featured traditional Ukrainian dancers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass  <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sahkno\u2019s cousin was forced to flee Ukraine\u2019s capital of Kyiv with her two young children while her husband, who is in his late 50s, stayed behind to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey woke up one day, and [the Russians] were shelling their neighborhood,\u201d Sahkno said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the husband got in the car and drove them to Romanian border. They cross to Romania, from Romania, they went to Bulgaria and are safe,\u201d he said of his cousin and her kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The money will go to a nonprofit that provides medical supplies and aid to hospitals in Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21764934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-fundraiser-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The money will go to a nonprofit that provides medical supplies and aid to hospitals in Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass  <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sakhno said Bulgarians have been generous to his family members, giving them free groceries and money to get by.<\/p>\n<p>Sakhno, 53, fled Ukraine when he was 21 \u00a0before the Soviet Union collapsed. His wife, Olga, 49, left Leningrad\u00a0in Russia when she was 16. The couple was among the 2 million Jews who\u00a0emigrated from\u00a0the former Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s looking for a better life in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pataki, who has Hungarian relatives, has made his second trip to the Ukraine-Hungary border, where his foundation is building mobile-housing units for refugees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former New York Gov. George Pataki made another trip to Eastern Europe to assist Ukrainian refugees.\" class=\"wp-image-21764940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former New York Gov. George Pataki made another trip to Eastern Europe to assist Ukrainian refugees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine_8208.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pataki said his foundation helped bring 30 tons of food to the Ukrainian border from Hungary.\" class=\"wp-image-21764939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine_8208.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine_8208.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pataki-ukraine_8208.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pataki said his foundation helped bring 30 tons of food to the Ukrainian border from Hungary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still a war zone,\u2019\u2019 the former GOP gov <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=467649915109763\">said on Facebook.<\/a> But \u201cit is really inspirational to see how the people of Ukraine \u2014 from all walks of life \u2014 have come together to deal with this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pataki is also working with Ukrainian officials to create an entity to help rebuild parts of the country leveled by the Russian invasion, akin to the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. set up to rebuild downtown Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The pol said his foundation brought 30 tons of food from Hungary to Ukrainian border towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 5 million refugees who left Ukraine. But here you can see there are 10 million internally displaced refugees from eastern Ukraine who\u2019ve relocated to the western part of Ukraine, and they need help,\u201d Pataki said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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